[RANT]This is frustrating, what the heck is going on why are people switching to torrents for legit downloads? Now I need to get another program to download a file. I understand the benefits, but seriously what the ghey?[/RANT]
I thought torrents were more warez based excuse my ignorance...
What's a good slim torrent client that people are using now-a-days?
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Slim? There's a Firefox bittorrent plugin proposed but not quite here yet:
However for a slim client, try the original bittorrent client: http://bittorrent.com/download.htmlMozilla developers have announced the future release a FireFox BitTorrent plugin. Initially developers refused to create such a plugin but were more or less forced after Opera announced that they would integrate it into their new browser.
The plugin can be configured from the options menu and is pretty easy to use, the alpha version we have tested was surprisingly stable. The plugin is entirely integrated into the existing download dialog and the theme is fully customizable to your personal liking. Because it's still in alpha development phase there are no public downloads available, so all the hardcore FireFox fans will have to wait a while longer.
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Re: Torrent Client
jesus...Giraffe }{unter wrote:[RANT]This is frustrating, what the heck is going on why are people switching to torrents for legit downloads? Now I need to get another program to download a file. I understand the benefits, but seriously what the ghey?[/RANT]
I thought torrents were more warez based excuse my ignorance...
What's a good slim torrent client that people are using now-a-days?
BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.
If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you dont use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.
If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you dont use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.
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what I meant was, it's used mostly for non-legit reasons, when you find legit things to download they are usually not available, because there are so few users holding the files.Foo wrote:BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.
If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you donut use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.
ie. the benefits look great on paper, but after over a year out, it's not even a useful tool yet
EDIT: Might I add... It's very useful for other things though. While waiting for someone to come on line with the file I requested I downloaded all these other "legit" files :icon30:
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http://www.filerush.comGiraffe }{unter wrote:what I meant was, it's used mostly for non-legit reasons, when you find legit things to download they are usually not available, because there are so few users holding the files.Foo wrote:BTW GH, you said you understood the benefits but still posed the question 'why are people switching to torrents for legitimate downloads'.
If you really understand the benefits, then you have the answer to that. For hosts, it means you dont use a lot of bandwidth in sharing a large file. For users, download speeds are higher and there's no need to go through annoying sign-up systems or wait in queues.
ie. the benifits look great on paper, but after over a year out, it's not even a usefull tool yet
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I think when the Firefox Bittorrent plugin becomes available (assuming they deliver a simple efficient plugin and dont drop the ball) I think Bittorrent will surge in popularity (again), perhaps this time even business users will look seriously at Firefox and Bittorrent.
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funny, but i got bitcomet yesterday and encountered its IE-based bullshit (activeX controls anyone? ffs...) and thought "wouldn't it be nice if mozilla created a torrent client"...Foo wrote:Slim? There's a Firefox bittorrent plugin proposed but not quite here yet:
However for a slim client, try the original bittorrent client: http://bittorrent.com/download.htmlMozilla developers have announced the future release a FireFox BitTorrent plugin. Initially developers refused to create such a plugin but were more or less forced after Opera announced that they would integrate it into their new browser.
The plugin can be configured from the options menu and is pretty easy to use, the alpha version we have tested was surprisingly stable. The plugin is entirely integrated into the existing download dialog and the theme is fully customizable to your personal liking. Because it's still in alpha development phase there are no public downloads available, so all the hardcore FireFox fans will have to wait a while longer.
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A lot of people have been thinking the same as you, me included.seremtan wrote:funny, but i got bitcomet yesterday and encountered its IE-based bullshit (activeX controls anyone? ffs...) and thought "wouldn't it be nice if mozilla created a torrent client"...
Then the Opera team released a version with BT support integrated, which pretty much threw down the gauntlet for Firefox.
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http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
download the azureus programs. I get around 50 - 60 for every download. Also get the Safe peer plugin for it so you dont download off of servers like Warner Bros. or someone who is "interested" in knowing who you are and why you are stealing there media
download the azureus programs. I get around 50 - 60 for every download. Also get the Safe peer plugin for it so you dont download off of servers like Warner Bros. or someone who is "interested" in knowing who you are and why you are stealing there media